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Balakirev: Symphony No. 1; Islamey; Tamara | 
 enlarge | Creators: Mily Balakirev, Igor Golovschin, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Russian Symphony Orchestra
Label: Naxos
Category: Music
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 30475
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 730099579223
EAN: 0730099579223
ASIN: B0000013YI
Release Date: June 28, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | Largo - Allegro vivo | | • | Scherzo: Vivo | | • | Andante | | • | Finale: Allegro moderato |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Soul Music October 20, 2008
M. S. Betts (Gamber MD USA)
James Brown may be the "Godfather of Soul" but Russian composers who utilize their ethnic music are the true masters of "soul music". All of the ethos and bathos of the Russian soul are encapsulated in the music of composers such as Balakirev. It's just great music which will give the listener the sweep of the steppes or the melancholy of being a serf with no hope of a better life for him or his progeny. It's grand and then personal, all in the same composition.
Exciting and upbeat May 1, 2007
Newton Ooi (Phoenix, Arizona United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Balakirev was one of the last great Russian composers of the Romantic era. He did not compose as many works as some of his counterparts, but those he did are quite good. This CD comprises some of his most famous symphonic pieces, and provide about an hour of exciting music. The themes are strong, upbeat, powerful; quite different from the drama of Glazunov's symphonies, or the melodic beauty of Tchaikovsky's ballets, or the Asiatic sounding works of Kalinnikov. This music is distinctly different from other Russian Romance composers, but is still great.
 Outstanding performances and compositions July 9, 2006
Pork Chop (Lisbon, Portugal)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
When I listen to a CD, I look for a well performed, well recorded
overall experience, with great audio anad memorable compostions.
This release is the case, which is somewhat difficult to find.
I would suggest it's unique in the rarity in locating Balakirev's
works compiled in a long playing CD, such as this one vs.
intermixed in a greatest hits package, irritatingly with
other composers (on other releases.) We are spared that
aggravation ont his release, sold at extremely affordable
price.
I would suggest one start with Cesar Cui, to really mellow out,
and then perhaps, after the outstanding numbers of the piano
(on Naxo elsewhere), to move on to "Balakirev: Symphony No. 2;
Russia " and then, finally, to this release to wrap it up.
"Russia " and the other CD, is certainly Balakirev's forte,
however, this CD has memorably melodies and playmanship.
Balakirev--Modest Cost, Excellent Performances! September 10, 2003
Paul Rossi (Walla Walla, WA)
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
As a musical Russophile, I really enjoyed this CD of Mily Balakirev's orchestral music. It is a treasure.Igor Golovschin gives wonderful, committed performances of unknown and underrated works. The First Symphony is beautiful, with lots of Russian themes from Balakirev's folk song collection. You will hear pre-echoes of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade." The woodwinds handle the Russian motivic sequencing very well. This work is underrated, and Naxos offers an inexpensive opportunity to hear these works. "Tamara" is also very well-played and -conducted. It is similar to the account by Evgeny Svetlanov (on a two-CD Melodiya BMG set called "Symphonic Poems from Russia," also recommendable, if you can find it.). Golovschin studied under Svetlanov as Assistant
Conductor of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, so this is no surpise. The full range of emotions comes across, and the orchestra plays very well as a unit. It is also wonderful to have an orchestral transcription of Balakirev's piano showpiece, "Islamey," by Sergey Liapunov, a Balakirev disciple. The orchestra glitters, plays with power and conviction, and plays very emotionally and tenderly in "Islamey's" central section. Overall, this is a wonderful CD to have in your collection, or if you are simply curious to sample Mily Balakirev's music. Either way, you cannot go wrong! Other recommendations: Mily Balakirev: Symphony No. 2, Overture on Russian Themes (Igor Golovschin, Moscow SO, Naxos) Symphonic Poems from Russia (Evgeny Svetlanov, U.S.S.R. SO, Melodiya, 2 CD's)
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